Happy Monday good degens! Q2 has started let’s get after it!
Stats/alerts/etc at top and tweets/news/links/videos/etc at bottom… and all tweets are hyperlinked so just click on them to pull them up on Twitter!
Market Update
Crypto (from @CryptoBubbles24):
Gold: $2270.30
Oil (WTI): $83.15
US 10Y Treasury: 4.208%
Stocks ($SPY as proxy): N/A
Biggest Price Movers
(From @coingecko top 1000, by 24 hour change)
Spotlight
Our friends at @silentdao_ keep working diligently behind the scenes to develop a truly revolutionary solution to the issue of on-chain privacy…
Our editor @rektdiomedes has been helping bang the drum about what @silentdao_ have been building, and the architecture being developed is intended to permanently change the defi landscape.
Once again, Silent is a middleware privacy/encryption project designed to facilitate composable privacy solutions within the EVM itself... Make sure to follow the official @silentdao_ Twitter account so you don’t miss any important updates!
Biggest TVL Movers + Else
Chains are mostly red on the daily. Chains with at least $50M TVL up at least 25% on the weekly include Merlin, Linea, Mode, and Base.
Protocols are mostly red today as well. Protocols with at least $20M TVL up at least 100% on the weekly include Particle, MerlinSwap, Hyperlock Finance, Spacebar, Thruster, and Suilend.
Here’s The Top 12 Chains By TVL (from @DefiLlama):
Here’s The Top 12 Protocols By TVL (from @DefiLlama):
Here’s The Top 12 Entities By 24 Hour Revenue Generation (from @DefiLlama):
Bitcoin Fear/Greed Index:
(from @BitcoinFear)
Ethereum Fear And Greed Index
(from @EthereumFear):
New Projects
(note: this includes new projects we find through combing Twitter each day, and we also include or re-include every newly launched protocol added by @DefiLlama that has at least some TVL or is followed by at least some of our mutuals - hence disclaimer: these are not pre-vetted by us so make sure to DYOR!)
-New RWA project called @AmmoCrypt. Twitter bio states “Leveraging blockchain technology to create a transparent and secure marketplace for ammunition.” Followed by 1 of our mutuals. h/t @o_ponle:
-New project on Solana called @ranger_finance. Twitter bio states “Coming soon”. Followed by 26 of our mutuals. h/t @AresLabs_xyz:
-New project called @Metal_L2. Twitter bio states “Metal L2 is a Layer 2 scaling solution for Ethereum, developed on the Optimism stack. #MoveToMetal”. Followed by 5 of our mutuals. h/t @AresLabs_xyz:
-New project called @Goku_Hub. Twitter bio states “@KakarotZkEvm 's native DeFi Super-dApp.” Followed by 6 of our mutuals. h/t @AresLabs_xyz:
-Previously-mentioned @SatoshiBEVM has been added to @DefiLlama. Twitter bio states “Elevating Bitcoin's utility by being the first to integrate a stablecoin. 1st stablecoin $SAT on bitcoin backed by @BTClayer2”. Followed by 4 of our mutuals.
Security Alerts
-Daily Reminder: Twitter (and other social media) is being absolutely inundated with scams and links to fake versions of popular defi protocols - please make sure to be EXTREMELY hyper-vigilant and triple-check before interacting with anything!
-Security alert from @PeckShieldAlert re: @OpenLeverage:
Top Stablecoin Yields
(note: these are the top Stablecoin Yields, sourced from @DefiLlama ($1M+ TVL, single-exposure, and no-IL only) and @stable_fish - note: these lists are just raw data, make sure to always DYOR before interacting with any/all protocols)
Important News And Analysis
(key news, twitter threads, articles, videos, etc from last 24 hours)
-Bitcoin had its highest monthly close ever in March, h/t @tedtalksmacro:
-Macro schedule for the week ahead, h/t @KobeissiLetter:
-Less than three weeks until the next Bitcoin halving, which may very well come on April 20th (04/20) interestingly, h/t @0xjaypeg:
-Base season appears to be in full swing, h/t @Dynamo_Patrick:
-April unlocks data from @WuBlockchain:
-Question of L3’s generating much attention:
-First deal closes on @cobie’s new platform @echodotxyz:
-@cobie on @echodotxyz:
-Lot of excitement about prospective Solana airdrops this month, h/t @alpha_pls:
-Cycle thoughts from @0xSisyphus:
-Macro thoughts from @rationalaussie:
-New video of Ethereum ETF speculation/discussion from @BanklessHQ:
-Newest macro overview from ‘Dollar Milksharek’ originator Brent John @SantiagoAuFund:
-Newest overview of markets, tokens, nets, etc from @coinbureau:
-Update on Cosmos ecosystem and prospective airdrops c/o @cryptocito:
-Overview of various top AI coins c/o @MilesDeutscher:
-Parting wisdom from @MikeAbundo:
Conclusion
Happy Monday and Happy April friends! Here’s to a big Q2!
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